Algeria chairs, today, WednesdayPresidency of the Council UN Security for the month of January, intends to employ her to continue making her voice heard Arab countries African and advocacy in favor of just causes.
One year after she was elected as a non-permanent member The international bodyAlgeria will assume the presidency of the Security Council for a month, during which special priority will be given to files related to the situation in the Middle East, especially in occupied Palestine, andCombating terrorism In Africa.
In this context, Algeria intends to organize, at the ministerial level, the Council’s quarterly open discussion on “the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue.”
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio, is expected to participate Guterresin this event.
Nearly 15 months after the beginning of the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip, a council declared Security The UN expressed its inability to guarantee even the minimum level of protection for Palestinian civilians.
Despite the efforts of its elected members, especially Algeria, to return it to the path of dialogue and the need to bear its responsibility for the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the main body of the United Nations charged with maintaining international peace and security remains divided.
Under the guidance of the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, Ammar Benjameh, intensified his efforts to issue a resolution calling for an “immediate” and “permanent” ceasefire in Gaza. These efforts were crowned with success in March 2024 after the Council failed to adopt several other draft resolutions due to… American veto.
Moreover, Algeria succeeded in re-posing the issue of granting statehood Palestine Full membership in the United Nations, in the context of seeking to implement a solution The two countries Which was enshrined by international legitimacy, to establish a just and lasting peace in the Middle East region.
Next month, the Security Council, under the presidency of Algeria, will hold a meeting on the political track and the humanitarian situation in Syria, in addition to another meeting on Yemen.
The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, and a representative of the Office are expected to present United NationsThe Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), briefing during these meetings.
Algeria also intends, during its presidency of the Security Council, to organize a high-level meeting on combating terrorism in Africa.
The Minister of State explained, Minister of Foreign Affairs And the National Community Abroad and African Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, during a press conference held yesterday, Monday, said that this meeting will be devoted to “discussing the expansion of terrorist activities in Africa and the threats they pose to the security and stability of African countries.”
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